For Immediate Release

Company name: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
Representative: Joji Nakayama, President and CEO
(Code no.: 4568, First Section of Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya Stock Exchanges)
Please address inquiries to Noriaki Ishida, Corporate Officer,
Vice President, Corporate Communications Department
Telephone: +81-3-6225-1126
http://www.daiichisankyo.com/

Differences Between Consolidated Forecasts and Consolidated Results for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2012

Tokyo, Japan (May 11, 2012) – Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited today announced that differences have arisen between its consolidated forecasts for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, which was announced on January 31, 2012, and its consolidated results for the same period, which was announced today.

 

1. Differences Between Consolidated Forecasts and Consolidated Results for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2012

 

	Net sales	Operating income	Ordinary income	Net income	Basic net income per share
	Millions of yen	Millions of yen	Millions of yen	Millions of yen	Yen
Previous forecast (A)	940,000	100,000	77,000	15,000	71.03
Result (B)	938,677	98,202	76,217	10,383	21.31
Change (B-A)	(1,323)	(1,798)	(783)	(4,617)	－
Percentage of change	(0.1)	(1.8)	(1.0)	(30.8)	－
(Reference) Results of the previous fiscal year (ended March 31, 2011)	967,365	122,143	131,762	70,121	99.62

 

2. Reasons for the Differences

Net sales, operating income and ordinary income ended below the previous forecasts mainly because pharmaceutical sales in Japan did not quite achieve the target.

Net income ended below the previous forecast because an impairment loss on intangible assets related to some products was recognized and a difference in timing occurred for a gain on sale of idle assets.